Report: Nonprofits struggle with overhead money

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While nonprofit organizations frequently can get grant money to fund specific programs, they often have difficulty obtaining dollars for overarching expenses and essential administrative costs, a new report says.

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy published the report, “A Call To Action: Organizing to Increase the Effectiveness and Impact of Foundation Grantmaking,” Thursday. It urges nonprofits to lobby foundations and convince them to allot moneys for more general purposes, author Rick Cohen said Friday.

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